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Only you can deliver the Zoombinis from the clutches of the evil Bloats, who have seized control of Zoombini Isle! Guiding the Zoombinis to their new home will require your best creative and logical thinking, as the way ahead is perilous.
The Zoombini select screen at the start of each adventureThe are a race of small blue creatures depicted with varying facial features, initially living in prosperous peace on a small island called Zoombini Isle. However, they are tricked and enslaved by their neighbors, the Bloats. The game depicts the Zoombinis' search for a new home, featuring a variety of logical puzzles which the player must solve to get the Zoombinis to their new home. Most of the puzzles involve the physical features of the Zoombinis as part of the solution. For example, in the puzzle 'Allergic Cliffs', the player is given a choice of 2 bridges, each of which will allow Zoombinis to pass only if they have certain combinations of features. In total, there are 625 unique combinations, of which the game allows to make up to two Zoombinis (twins) with each combination, making 1,250 possible Zoombinis in total.
Of these, 625 must be saved in order to win the game.The Zoombinis travel in groups of a maximum of 16 per group across a series of puzzles. There are 12 puzzles in total, split into four sections of 3 puzzles each, and the Zoombinis must complete a path of 9 puzzles to establish their new home at 'Zoombiniton' ('Zoombiniville' in US version). The first and last 'legs' are compulsory and must be completed by all Zoombinis; for the second leg, the player is given a choice to take either the north or the south path. Between each 'leg' is a campsite where the Zoombinis can be stored for later retrieval.If the player successfully brings an entire party of 16 Zoombinis through a leg, the leg will increase in difficulty and a building will be constructed at Zoombiniton/Zoombiniville to celebrate this achievement. The four difficulty levels are 'Not So Easy', 'Oh So Hard', 'Very Hard', and 'Very Very Hard', and each difficulty level is color-coded.
Once a leg has increased in difficulty, there is no way to reverse the change. If a group of 16 Zoombinis complete a leg while the difficulty is Very Very Hard, the difficulty does not increase; whereas completing a leg under the Very Very Hard difficulty level will only reward the player with a new building once, since there is only one building per leg at each difficulty level.Development The game was created in 1995, and released in 1996. The original version of the game by Broderbund Europe in March 1996 came in three languages: English, French, and German. The US division of Broderbund made some minor changes and released a US version in December 1996. As part of the US release they changed the names of several areas of the game.
The US version of the game was expanded and republished as 'Zoombinis Logical Journey v2.0' by The Learning Company in September 2001.Remake In February 2015, TERC, the original creator of Zoombinis launched a Campaign to release an updated version of the game for modern tablets and computers. On 25 March 2015, the crowdfunding campaign was funded successfully, with the total pledged double the original target of $50,000. This updated version was scheduled to be released in Summer 2015. RemakeIn 2015, Logical Journey was remade for modern systems, under the name Zoombinis.
The main improvements of the remake are updated graphics and that the game is designed to run on modern operating systems (iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, and others). Zoombinis was officially released on 6 August 2015 for iOS and Android and was released for Windows and Mac, as well as Kindle Fire, on 28 October 2015.In 2014, TERC, the original creator of Zoombinis, began an internally funded redevelopment of the game. In March 2015, they launched a campaign to fund additional enhancements and releases, including PC and Kindle versions. It was successfully funded. Also in 2015, the National Science Foundation awarded TERC nearly $2 million to study how much 'computational thinking' kids do while playing Zoombinis, both at home and in the classroom, and whether teachers can extend the lessons outside the game. Reception 's Rob Pegoraro wrote that the game's pattern and deductive logic puzzles teach 'how to think' rather than a specific skill.
Karney said the game was fun and praised its audio cues for children with little reading skills. In 1997, the game won 'Best Home Education for Pre-Teens' at the 12th. The editors of named Zoombinis 1996's 'Best Educational Game', and wrote that it 'has the same appeal and value for your brain as a favorite sport does for your body.'
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